[Vision2020] Moscow Mountain Preserve

[Area Man]

So let me get this straight:  Bill London wants to both *deny* and
*grant* access?  This would garner a LOT more support if people were
more inclusive rather than exclusive.  By pointing out the *bad*
motorized people you alienate the *good* ones.  I don't lump those who
shop at the Moscow Food Co-Op with everyone out there who sparks up a
doobie.  Don't lump all motorized recreationalists together.
 
I know my form of recreation does not appeal to everyone.  Your form
doesn't appeal to me as much as you either, but I at least participate
in yours as well as mine. I enjoy the outdoors just as much, maybe even
more, than those who recreate in only one way, mostly because I enjoy it
in different ways.  Yes, there are a small percentage of bad apples, and
they do the most damage, and most of it is in very visible places.
(yes, Wayne will disagree with me on the percentages, but let's move on)
 
I know I'm not going to make any converts in here.  I guess since I
enjoy a different type of recreation I should be banished from the
Cedars, as I obviously don't care about them as much. <sarcasm mode off>
Amazingly, I *do* support preserving The Cedars.  I have spent time in
there on foot in the summer and on a snowmobile in the winter (albeit
several winters since) on an annual nighttime ride.  I drive by them in
my pickup, or ride by them on my ATV or motorcycle, on my way to the old
lookout with my kids.  
 
I don't mind that people want to close the Cedars to motorized
recreation.  There are plenty of other places that the money I spend on
off-road sticker fees goes to maintain (not on Moscow Mountain).  I just
wonder what kind of fees hikers and bicyclers pay to maintain their
trails?  I'm pretty sure they don't buy off-road stickers.
 
Dan Carscallen, Moscow
 
P.S. to the members of the Vizzz . . . Phil's response came in after I
started responding to this.  It takes me a while to respond when I'm
torqued off.

-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com
[mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of Bill London
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2006 11:34 AM
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Cc: Tom Trail; Shirley Ringo
Subject: [Vision2020] Moscow Mountain Preserve



We now have an opportunity to protect a unique 300 acre preserve on
Moscow Mountain that includes a wonderful grove of ancient cedar trees,
the glorious viewpoint of on the rocky top of East Moscow Mountain, and
the forestland between those two sites.  The Nature Conservancy lease
expires this year, and we need to preserve this land -- as a state park
or a county park -- for perpetuity.
 
Besides providing all of us, and our children, with a great destination,
designating this land as a park will help us solve some of the most
difficult outdoor recreation issues on the mountain.  This new park will
focus both education and enforcement on the twin problems of motorized
eco-destruction and access.
 
Motorized land-destroying mud-boggers and ATV drivers are ravaging
Moscow Mountain, and the rest of the American West.  These machines chew
trails into eroding ruts, and kill wildlife, trees and streams.  We have
all seen meadows and creeks churned to moonscapes because of these
machines and their un-thinking drivers.  Through this new park on Moscow
Mountain, maybe we can provide enough enforcement and education to stop
this destruction.
 
In addition, with a park there near the top of the mountain, perhaps we
will find the resources to resolve the access issue.  If the interest in
visiting the new park increases, we will fix and maintain the road
system to make it possible for everyone to enjoy both the ride and the
destination.
 
We need to preserve this 300 acre as a public park. Please help this
effort.  For more information, see http://www.pcei.org/mm_cedars.htm
 
Bill London, Moscow

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